Origins

Structure

Pre-enrolment Policy

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Richmond Road School
Enrolment Scheme

Home Zone

All students living in the home zone detailed below are entitled to enrol at the school on the general roll at any time.  However, living within the home zone does not guarantee a place in the Special Programmes (refer to pages 3, 5 and 7).

The zone boundary starts at the intersection of O’Neill Street and Ponsonby Road, it then heads south east down the centre of Ponsonby Road and turns south west into Williamson Avenue.  The boundary follows the centre of Williamson Avenue to its intersection with Grosvenor Street where it cuts across Grey Lynn Park to exclude Grosvenor Street, Elgin Street and Schofield Street.

The boundary joins the road again at the intersection of Dryden Street and Allen Road.  It then continues along the centre of Allen Road to Richmond Road at the point where Castle Street meets Richmond Road.  The boundary excludes Edwards Road and Castle Street.

The boundary then follows the centre of Richmond Road to the intersection of Richmond Road and Regina Street.  The zone includes Hakanoa Street, Sackville Street and Westmoreland Street.

At the point where Regina Street meets Richmond Road, the boundary turns north west and runs parallel to Regina Street (excluding Regina Street) and then turns north easterly to run parallel to Livingston Street (but excludes Livingston Street) across to Parawai Crescent and then turns in a southerly direction to run parallel to Parawai Crescent to Richmond Road (excluding Parawai Crescent).  The boundary then follows Richmond Road in an easterly direction (now including both sides of Richmond Road) to the point at which Richmond Road meets the boundary of the grounds of St Paul’s College.

The zone boundary then follows the boundary of the grounds of St Paul’s College to Moira Reserve and runs around Moira Reserve (excluding Moira Street) and rejoins the boundary of the grounds of St Paul’s College.  The zone boundary then continues along the boundary of the grounds of St Paul’s College and Marist Primary School (excluding Tawariki Street, Hukunui Crescent and Trinity Street) and then runs parallel to Trinity Street (excluding Trinity Street itself), Ardmore Road (excluding Ardmore Road itself), Pompalliar Terrace (excluding Pompalliar Terrace itself) and John Street (excluding John Street itself).

The boundary turns east at the intersection of John Street and O’Neill Street and continues east along O’Neill Street (taking in both sides of O’Neill Street) to Ponsonby Road.

Proof of residence within the home zone will be required.

In-zone Enrolments

Each year, applications for enrolment in the following year from in-zone students will be sought by a date which will be published in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.  This will enable the Board to assess the number of places which can be made available to students who live outside the home zone.

Out of Zone Enrolments

Each year the Board will determine the number of places which are likely to be available in the following year for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone.  The Board will publish this information by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school. The notice will indicate how applications are to be made and will specify a date by which all applications must be received.

Priority of Applications

Applications for enrolments will be processed in the following order of priority:

First Priority           will be given to students who have been accepted for enrolment in the following special programmes run by the school and approved by the Secretary for Education.

(a)      Te Whanau Whariki – Maori Language Bilingual Unit

(b)      Mua I Malae – Samoan Language Bilingual Unit

(c)      French Unit – French Language Bilingual Unit

Second Priority       will be given to applicants who are siblings of current students of the school.

Third Priority          will be given to applicants who are siblings of former students of the school.

Fourth Priority        will be given to applicants who are children of Employees of the school’s Board.

Fifth Priority            will be given to all other applicants

If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth or fifth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions by the Secretary under Section 11G(1) of the Education Act 1989. Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.

Applicants seeking second or third priority status will be required to give proof of a sibling relationship.

Richmond Road School

French Language Bilingual Unit

The school offers a programme of study for students who comply with the following criteria.  The maximum number of students that can be accommodated in the Programme at any one time is 60.

Eligibility

Part One:  An interview will be necessary for all applicants.  During the interview, parents/caregivers of all applicants will be required to confirm that they understand and accept the minimum level of commitment for participation in and support for the Programme required from them.  This commitment will be documented (in a form approved by FRENZ School Incorporated (FRENZ) and the Board) (“Pledge”).

Part Two:  In addition to the requirement in Part One, applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria will be afforded priority:

 Notes:

 1.       Proficiency in the French language will be assessed using documented methodology developed by FRENZ (and approved by the Board).  The proficiency of an applicant will be ranked on a scale of zero to ten, zero being an applicant with no ability and ten being an applicant who is fluent in the French language.  The score given to any applicant will be determined by a person or persons appointed by FRENZ (with the approval of the Board).  The determination will be final (ie. not subject to appeal).

 2.       Applicants who are siblings of current students in the Programme will be assigned a score of two where the requirements of any earlier Pledge entered into by the parents/caregivers of the applicant have been met.  If those requirements have not been met the score will be zero.

 3.       Applicants who are siblings of former students in the Programme will be assigned a score of one where the requirements of any earlier Pledge entered into by the parents/caregivers of the applicant were met during the time the former student was enrolled in the Programme.  If those requirements were not met the score will be zero.

 4.       Whether a parent or caregiver is sufficiently proficient in French to qualify for the points under criteria 5 will be determined by a person or persons appointed by FRENZ (with the approval of the Board).  The determination will be final (ie. not subject to appeal).

 5.       An applicant qualifying for points under criteria 2 is not eligible for points under criteria 3.

 6.       An applicant qualifying for points under criteria 4 is not eligible for points under criteria 5.

 Enrolment

All enrolments must be approved by FRENZ.

 Procedures for enrolment in case of more applications than places available

Applications for enrolments will be processed in the order of priority established by the applicant’s aggregate score from the criteria set out in Part Two, subject to the rules set out below.

 Applicants claiming a sibling relationship will be required to provide evidence satisfactory to the Board.

 Applicants living inside the school’s home zone will have priority over applicants living outside the school’s home zone where: (a) the applicant living within the home zone has met the criteria set out in Part One and has an aggregate score of at least one for the criteria set out in Part Two; and (b) where there are still places in the Programme after all priority enrolments have been dealt with.

 Existing students of the school who wish to enrol in the Programme will be required to apply in the same way as applicants who are not currently students at the school.

 If there are more applicants in any of the priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions by the Secretary under Section 11G(1) of the Education Act 1989.  Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.

 The ballot will conform to the balloting procedures as set out in the Ministry of Education instructions August 2000.

Pledge Items – French-English Bilingual Unit

 1.         Students in the Programme will have access to support at home through either:

a.                   a parent or caregiver they live with who is a proficient French speaker.

Or

b.                   a parent or caregiver who is actively learning the French language in an approved programme.

Or

c.         a caregiver who has been employed/seconded to speak to the child in French.

2.                   Each parent/caregiver will actively participate to assist in the life of the unit. Examples of this include attending the regular parent/ teacher meetings called by the teachers, helping as teacher aide, joining the Frenz committee.

3.                   Each family will pay the requested term donation, which augments the human and french resources of the class, within the term. This amount is set by the Frenz committee for each year. Each family will become a member of the association, and renew that membership yearly.

It is acknowledged that, due to individual circumstances, one or more of these items may not be reasonably achievable for some parents/caregivers.  It is the responsibility of the parent/caregiver to raise any issues of this nature during the enrolment interview.  Where appropriate, the items may be substituted and/or modified by agreement with the parent/caregiver, Leader of the Programme and the appointed Frenz Representative.